NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called ...

Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation of “self-evident truths” in the Declaration of Independence was a turning point in world ...

A People’s History of Sports in the United States By Dave Zirin The New Press; 268 pp. The Gist: In A People’s History of Sports in the United States Zirin sets out to deflate the misconception that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America’s 250th birthday celebration into the country’s ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches ...

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Lawsuits filed this year in federal court in northern Ohio challenge the departure from decades of legal precedent regarding ...

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city’s first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran ...

The following is a deep look at contemporary Venezuela, its history, its riches, its alliances and its delicate internal ...

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